Category: Event

Event: Animism Today on 10/21-22

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Next Monday and Tuesday (October 21 and 22) four prominent scholars from Japan will come to UCSB to address the topic of “Animism Today” in popular culture, traditional culture, and contemporary arts, also in conversation with members of the UCSB community. The term “animism” is used in Japan with positive connotations as a way to describe widespread forms of Japanese religiosity and, to an extent, Japanese cultural identity.
For full information, please see the event page on the Religious Studies website.
At Rob Gym Room 1005 (in the low building to the left before the entrance to Rob Gym).
Monday afternoon features four papers addressing various aspects of animism by Hirafuji Kikuko, MInato Chihiro, Koizumi Bon, and Matsumura Kazuo. See the program below for more information.
On Tuesday, there will be eight brief presentations by UCSB colleagues:
9:30–12:00 Roundtable Rethinking “Animism” and Related Phenomena (“paganism,” polytheism, idolatry, materiality of religion, secularization, etc.)
We will have presentations from Claudia Moser (History of Art and Architecture), Amit Shilo (Classics), Ranjani Atur (Ph.D., Religious Studies UCSB; Classics, University of Minnesota); and Rudy Busto, Thomas Carlson, Will Ellison, Fabio Rambelli, and Christine Thomas (all from Religious Studies)
Organized by Kikuko Hirafuji (Kokugakuin University), Fabio Rambelli, and Christine Thomas (UCSB).
Sponsors:
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES), The University of Tokyo
Kokugakuin University (Tokyo)
UCSB Virgil Cordano OFM Chair in Catholic Studies
UCSB International Shinto Foundation Chair in Shinto Studies
UCSB Department of Religious Studies
Flyer for "Humanities Decanted - Presenting New Publications and Creative Projects by HFA Faculty" on May 14th at 4PM in McCune conference room

Humanities Decanted 5/14: Thomas Mazanec in conversation with Xiaorong Li

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Please join us for an in-person conversation between EALCS Professors Thomas Mazanec and Xiaorong Li about Mazanec’s new book, Poet-Monks: The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China. The event, sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, will take place at 4pm on May 14, 2024, in HSSB 6020. Refreshments will be served.

Banner for "UCSB Graduate Student Conference: Research on East Asia" on May 18th and 19th in HSSB 4041

Graduate Student Conference: Research on East Asia (May 18-19, HSSB 4041)

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On May 18-19, 2024, we will host the “UCSB Graduate Student Conference: Research on East Asia,” organized by EALCS grad students Meagan Finlay and Hanne Deleu, featuring presentations by UCSB grad students across several departments, as well as a keynote speech by English Department professor (and EALCS affiliate) Yunte Huang.

The full program may be found here. Please join us!

a water color painting of 2 pots and flowers

New Approaches to Traditional Chinese Food Culture: A Workshop, on 3/9-10

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We are pleased to host “New Approaches to Traditional Chinese Food Culture: A Workshop” on March 9-10, 2024, organized by Thomas Mazanec and Wandi Wang. This in-person workshop, featuring papers by 15 leading scholars from 11 institutions across the globe, will bridge sinology and food studies, presenting innovative approaches to the intersection of food and culture in China from the fifth to the twentieth century. It will demonstrate how food studies can enrich the understanding of historical Chinese literature, religion, history, medicine, and material culture, and how methods from these disciplines can bring new questions to food studies.

In-person attendance is open to all, provided that they register (for free) at tinyurl.com/ChineseFoodWorkshop by March 4. This is an in-person workshop, so there will be no Zoom component.
Funding for this event comes from the Geiss-Hsu Foundation, Umami Papa, the International Chinese Gastronomy Culture Foundation, the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Google Giving, the Society for Song Yuan and Conquest Dynasty Studies, and UCSB’s College of Letters and Sciences, East Asia Center, Graduate Center for Literary Research, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and its Departments of History, Religious Studies, and East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies.
Title: New Approaches to Traditional Chinese Food Culture: A Workshop
Dates: March 9-10, 2024
Time: 9am-3pm
Place: McCune Conference Center, HSSB 6020
Registration: tinyurl.com/ChineseFoodWorkshop by March 4
Professor Harada Kaori and Maestro Katayama Kuroemon

Noh Theater Events with Professor Harada Kaori and Maestro Katayama Kurōemon X, Feb 26-28

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We are pleased to announce an upcoming series of events on Noh theater, Buddhism, and contemporary Japanese culture on February 26 to 28.
Here is the program:
Noh dance masterclass by Maestro Katayama Kurōemon X
Monday, February 26, 1:00 to 2:40 pm, Studio Theater (Black Box, next to Hatlen Theater)
Noh performance (Ama, “The Diver”) by Maestro Katayama Kurōemon X
Tuesday, February 27, 6:30 pm, Studio Theater (Black Box, next to Hatlen Theater)
Lecture on Noh Theater and Buddhism by professor Harada Kaori (Tōyō University, Tokyo)
Monday, February 26, SSMS Building 2135 at 5:00 pm
Lecture on Noh theater and contemporary Japanese culture by professor Harada Kaori (Tōyō University, Tokyo)
Wednesday, February 28, SSMS Building 2135 at 5:00 pm
Workshop on reading and translating original Noh texts (the drama Ama, “The diver”) by professor Harada Kaori (Tōyō University, Tokyo)
Tuesday, February 27, 2:00 to 4:00 pm, Rob Gym 1001A and
Wednesday, February 28, 2:00 to 4:00 pm, Rob Gym 1001A
Public conversation on the relations between Noh and Gagaku, with professor Harada Kaori (Tōyō University, Tokyo) and Fabio Rambelli (UCSB)
Wednesday, February 28, 10:00 to 11:30 am, Rob Gym 1001A
All events are free and open to the public, and everyone is welcome.